African american gangster movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant african american gangster movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, rough, harsh, suspenseful and bleak films and TV shows about / with gangsters, gang, african american gangster, urban, hip hop, urban ghetto, black, african american, redemption and hip hop culture plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
african american gangster
TOP 10 movies tagged as african american gangster: New Jack City (1991), South Central (1992), Dead Presidents (1995), Belly (1998), Paid in Full (2002), New Jersey Drive (1995), Set It Off (1996), One Eight Seven (1997), Boyz n the Hood (1991), Menace II Society (1993).
Best films
List of african american gangster movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style:
stylized, intense, harsh, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, gang, drugs, mafia, ghetto, chase, betrayal, hip hop, addiction, gang war, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, california, new jersey ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man is put to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop with crime but his son has yet followed the criminal path of his father.
Style:
captivating, sexual, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
gang, urban ghetto life, gangsters, african american, african american gangster, ghetto, drug dealing, blaxploitation, hip hop, organized crime, society, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, africa, usa, south central los angeles
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn". However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heist, vietnam war, gangsters, violence, redemption, robbery, gang, blaxploitation, african american, brutality, violent, suspense ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, new york, bronx new york city, africa, asia ...
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12K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tommy Brown and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign ...
Style:
stylized, satirical, talky, light, reflective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangsters, urban ghetto life, hip hop, gang, violence, african american, african american gangster, organized crime, car, drugs, gunfight, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, jamaica, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky ...
Style:
tense, rough, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gangsters, organized crime, drugs, rise and fall, drug dealing, street life, cocaine, criminal heroes, social decay, friends, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
New Jersey Drive is a 1995 film about black youths in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial "car theft capital of the world". Their favorite pastime is that of everybody in their neighborhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts ...
Style:
realistic, brutal, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, brutality, police, police investigation, vengeance, gangsters, hip hop, murder, lone hero, teenage life, youth, on the run ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, california, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Four black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the ...
Style:
sexy, sad, feminist film, feel good, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
heist, lesbian, african american, bank robbery, gangsters, gang, women, hip hop, friendship, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, robbery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, allegory ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, gang, gangsters, teenager, revenge, suspense, hip hop, mentor, vengeance, ghetto, mafia ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, new york, new jersey, california, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, tense, brutal, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, african american, ghetto, poverty, gang, urban ghetto life, juvenile delinquency, street gang, coming of age, gangsters, rapper, rap ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, california, cuba, usa, south central los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
african american, ghetto, urban ghetto life, gangsters, hip hop, murder, police brutality, friendship, coming of age, street gang, organized crime, drugs ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
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14K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
chess, african american, coming of age, drugs, drug dealing, gangsters, drug lord, gang, drug addiction, father son relationship, ghetto, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, africa, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fearless cop is taking on a ruthless crimelord. He knew the risks. He just didn't know how far he would have to go.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, gang, adaptation, friendship, undercover, twists and turns, mentor, transformation, brutality, betrayal, police detective, chase ...
Time:
90s, 70s
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Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Frustrated with being broke, Beans decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, family life, drug dealing, buddies, ambition, juvenile delinquency, chaos and mayhem, city life, urban ghetto life, friendship, criminal heroes ...
Place:
usa, memphis, philadelphia
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764K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, bleak, stylized, dark ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, society, coming of age, organized crime, journalism, gang war, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, photographer, police corruption, gangsters, drug dealing ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil, south america, africa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Style:
stylized, harsh, serious, rough, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, rap, rapper, ghetto, gang, urban ghetto life, music, redemption, rags to riches, going straight, hip hop culture ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
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60K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride ...
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, talky, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, stoners, marijuana, drug use, weed, drugs, drug abuse, buddies, cannabis, youth, lifestyle, gangsters ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
boston, usa, harvard university
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
Style:
rough, realistic, bleak, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, friends, drug dealing, police investigation, urban ghetto life, fighting crime, betrayal, juvenile delinquency, working undercover, criminal heroes, going straight, law enforcement ...
Place:
usa, boston
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
gang, gangsters, teenager, redemption, gang member, latin, african american gangster, love and romance, life is a bitch, hopes, going straight, youth ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Style:
realistic, psychological, exciting, serious, visually appealing ...
Plot:
police, gangsters, gang, killed during sex, chase, gunfight, ghetto, mafia, hip hop, partners, gang war, buddy cop ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey, south central los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, intense, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, organized crime, drug lord, mafia, mob boss, murder, violence, chase, cocaine, drugs, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Edward J. Olmos made his directorial bow with the powerhouse crime saga American Me. Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, talky, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, gang, prison gang, sexual abuse, gangsters, racism, jail, mafia, rape, violence, juvenile delinquency, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, 50s, year 1959 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, san francisco
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28K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ ...
Style:
tense, sexy, neo noir, sexual, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gang, urban ghetto life, gangsters, coming of age, street gang, hip hop, friendship, teenager, blaxploitation, high school, african american, crime gone awry ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york, africa, new jersey, usa, harlem ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
gangsters, drug dealing, going straight, gang, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, drug abuse, addiction, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, africa, new york, harlem, new york city, harlem ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute ...
Style:
realistic, talky, serious, bleak, educational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, gangsters, juvenile delinquency, gang, teenager, unlikely friendships, urban ghetto, drug dealing, gang member, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, new jersey, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Style:
inspirational, light, stylized, visually appealing, buddy movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, basketball, gang, sport, african american, gangsters, high school, violence, coming of age, black man, blaxploitation, ghetto ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york
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23K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, reflective, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
gangsters, gang, organized crime, hip hop, violence, blaxploitation, murder, ghetto, investigation, african american, mentor, police ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, california, africa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A strange funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, disturbing, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
mortician, afterlife, evil doll, child abuse, murder, funeral home, supernatural, hip hop, brutality, drugs, gangsters, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california
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445K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, tense, harsh, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gang, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, ghetto, corrupt cop, gang member, drugs ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Musical, Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three gangsters vie for control of the streets of Philadelphia.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
gangsters, gang, ambition, drug dealing, vengeance, partners, rivalry, murder, social decay, tough heroes, criminal, criminal heroes ...
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Style:
intense, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, kidnapping, chase, african american, revenge, hip hop, car chase, suspense, twists and turns, gang, ex convict, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, usa
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